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September 2010
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Calendar of Professional Development Events and Meetings
Hosted by MFESTS Member Societies
Sep 9th, 2010 (Thu)
  INCOSE North Star Chapter Meeting
INCOSE North Star Chapter Meeting

tenative topic is Water Works Tour

details tba, watch INCOSE North Star Chapter website, www.incose.org/northstar
Sep 9th, 2010 (Thu)
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  MFESTS Board of Directors Meeting
Minnesota Federationof Engineering, Science & Technology Societies (MFESTS)
Board of Directors Meeting
location and details to be announced
Sep 14th, 2010 (Tue)
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
  ASQ and IEEE: Reliability Growth Communications with Duane Plots
Minnesota Reliability Consortium/IEEE Reliability Society 2010 The MRC is a Reliability Society Chapter of the IEEE and supported by the Minnesota Section of ASQ and the Reliability Division of ASQ. IEST and SRE people are welcome to come to every meeting.
September Meeting Joint with SRE and Networking opportunity
at MTS Eden Prairie
Topic Summary – Reliability Growth Communications with Duane Plots Speaker:  Sarath Jayatilleka of Beckman Coulter Bio – Reliability Engineer with Beckman in Chaska. He previously worked at Eaton Corporation for four year and spent 10 years at Maytag prior to Eaton. He has previously spoke on his experiences with implementing Accelerated Life Testing in a Commercial Company to MRC and was selected as a best paper at RAMs 2006 by IIE
Cost - $-Nothing for this meeting. Come and learn and network! Note different location and time – Will have a few 2010 RAMS CDs as door prizes. Each are a $50 value.

Reservation: Email to JMReL2@Aol.com  by Noon, Monday, Sept. 13 th. if you are coming. Email your name and company.




Sep 15th, 2010 (Wed)
6:30 AM - 8:00 PM
  ASME-MN is Touring Twins Target Field!

ASME Minnesota Section

J
oin us for a private tour of the new home of the Minnesota Twins - Target Field on Wednesday September 15, 2010 @ 6:30 PM.  We’ll get to look into all of the nooks and grannies of the newest Ball Park in the United States. 

The deadline for reservations is Friday, September 10, 2010.  Make your reservations early; the tour is limited to 25 attendees.

Location: Target Stadium

Located between 5th and 7th St, north of 2nd Ave N.
The tour will depart from Gate 29 (right field gate) at 6:30 PM

$15 for ASME members and guests

go to www.asmemn.org for official details and signup

Sep 20th, 2010 (Mon)
  AFE: Facility Venuw Event

Association of Facities Engineers Twin Cities Section
Faciity Venue TBD

watch AFE website for details www.afetwincities.org for details

Sep 23rd, 2010 (Thu)
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
  tc-ISA Xcel Energy Naturasl Gas Distribution Control Center
Please join Xcel Energy and the Twin Cities Section of ISA for seminar and tour of :Natural Gas Distribution Control Center.
 Date: Thursday, September 23, 2010, Time 5:30pm
Location:  Xcel Energy 825 Rice Street (Rice St. & Atwater) St.St. Paul, MN.
   (651) 229-2308
Presenter    Todd Nodes
Xcel Energy distributes natural gas to much of the Eastern Twin Cities.  Mr. Nodes will  present a seminar on their distribution system and explain the various sensing devices used by Xcel.  We will be shown their Control Center were they monitor the vast distribution system they have.

Dinner:    Downtowner - 7:00pm (self funded)
    253 - 7th Street W.     St. Paul, MN.

               (651) 228-9500 

RSVP:     Please sign-up by September 9, 2010. to knrdstrm@comcast.net

               For Security reasons, Xcel is requiring attendees to register well ahead of time.

                   *Name: ___________________    ISA member  Y / N ____

                   *Home address: __________________   *City_________________ *State___ Zip_______

                   Company:  __________________  Contact phone: _____________                   Contact email: __________________   attending dinner afterwards Y / N ______

                   *Guest Name: ___________________

                   *Guest Home address: __________________   *City_________________ *State___ Zip_______

                   Guest’s Company:  __________________  Contact phone: _____________                   Contact email: __________________   attending dinner afterwards Y / N ______*Security Information required by Xcel Energy.
Oct 14th, 2010 (Thu)
  INCOSE North Star Chapter Meeting
INCOSE North Star Chapter Meeting

tenative topic is Ford Tour with Focus on Water Power at St. Paul Ford Plant 

details tba, watch INCOSE North Star Chapter website, www.incose.org/northstar
Oct 18th, 2010 (Mon)
  AFE: St. Joe's Facility Tour
Association of Facility Engineers (AFE) Twin Cities Section
St. Joe's facility Tour

watch www.afetwincities.org for details
Oct 23rd, 2010 (Sat)
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  NS INCOSE Fall Tutorial on Advanced Writing Requirements
Please Join INCOSE North Star Chapter for its Fall Tutorial
Tutorial Name:  Advanced Writing Requirements.  Topics covered: Interface requirements and Levels, Allocation, and Traceability by Lou S. Wheatcraft
at Medtronic World HQ

710 Medtronic Parkway

Minneapolis, MN 55432-5604

Deliverables

*       Will provide reference cards that list the characteristics of good requirements and a description of our classes and services.

*       Will email attendees a copy of NASA's Training Manual for Elements of Interface Definition and Control.

*       Will provide you chapter with a PDF file of the tutorial workbook for reproduction 3 weeks prior to the date of the tutorial.


see INCOSE North Star Chapter website for signup and details
www.incose/northstar.org

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